This week has been trying at times, and fun at others. I have tried to make sure that I am completing all of my assignments and getting them in on time. Last week was such a struggle that I feel that I am forgetting something this week. Using technology to teach students is something that I enjoy doing. Our group has been using ePals as a tool to connect different students from different countries to share experiences in the classroom. I am going to use this in my classroom this school year. I feel that students can learn so much by interacting with different people and learning from them. I believe that allowing students a variety of ways to demonstrate their learning benefits the student and the teacher. As I went through the readings and watch the videos this week, this belief was intensified. I want to have my students use different mediums to express themselves and what they have learned. I really enjoyed watching the videos about project based learning. I love the idea however, how can this work in a high stakes testing environment? This is the questions that prevents me from moving into this type of teaching.
This week has been trying at times, and fun at others. I have tried to make sure that I am completing all of my assignments and getting them in on time. Last week was such a struggle that I feel that I am forgetting something this week. Using technology to teach students is something that I enjoy doing. Our group has been using ePals as a tool to connect different students from different countries to share experiences in the classroom. I am going to use this in my classroom this school year. I feel that students can learn so much by interacting with different people and learning from them. I believe that allowing students a variety of ways to demonstrate their learning benefits the student and the teacher. As I went through the readings and watch the videos this week, this belief was intensified. I want to have my students use different mediums to express themselves and what they have learned. I really enjoyed watching the videos about project based learning. I love the idea however, how can this work in a high stakes testing environment? This is the questions that prevents me from moving into this type of teaching.